The basic aim of this paper was to analyze situational efficiency in ninepin bowling on the sample of 64 matches of the qualification round of the single world championship. The research sample included individual matches of the elite ninepin bowlers who have acquired the right to participate on single world championship held in Novigrad 2016. The average chronological age of the respondents was 33,74±8,16 years. Average result of pins knocked down in full was 399,80±18,43 pins, average result of pins knocked down in clean was 220,67±26,66 pins and average result of pins knocked down in whole game was 620,47±38,04 pins. A set of variables consisted of 16 variables for evaluation situational efficiency in ninepin bowling (hit rate in full, hit rate in full without direct knock down of pin number 1, hit rate of all hits in full, average number of pins knocked down by direct hit in full, hit rate in full in cleaning faze of game, hit rate in full without direct knock down of pin number 1 in cleaning faze of game, hit rate of all hits in full in cleaning faze of game, average number of pins knocked down by direct hit in full in cleaning faze of game, hit rate of stricken positions, hit rate of stricken individual standing pins, hit rate of all stricken hits in cleaning faze of game, proportion of hits in which were knocked down all nine pins by single hit in cleaning faze of game, number of hits in which were knocked down all nine pins by single hit in cleaning faze of game, number of pins knock down in full faze of game, number of pins knock down in cleaning faze of game, number of pins knock down in whole match and hit rate of whole match). Univariate Difference Analysis (ANOVA) and Post-hoc difference test (Fisher LSD test) found differences in all parameters situational efficiency between groups of ninepin bowlers different level of competitive performance. Groups of bowlers with higher level of competitive performance have higher average values of all parameters of situational efficiency.